Medicinal kit



March 26,, E935. s. DONKGER MEDICINAL KIT Filed Aug. 22, 1932 INVENTOR. Ju/wEL DON/6E1? Patented Mar. 26, 1935 I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1,995,799 I MEDICINAL KIT Sundel Doniger, Far Rockaway, N. Y. Application August 22, 1932, Serial No. 629,923

4 Claims. (01. 206-12) My invention relates to kits, and particularly ing stage of the container to place the support to kits adapted for medicinal uses, such as selfor supports in horizontal position with the bottles administration of insulin-by diabetics, and emerand syringe container firmly and conveniently gency use by physicianaand provides a kit for held in upright position thereon for use. I may transportation of thenecessary implements and also make the box or kit of such a size as to carry 1 5 medicamentscompactlyand in an always sterile either a large supply of the necessary fluids and condition, with convenient and stable means of implements or may make the same of a miniature exposingand supportingthem while in use. size convenient for pocket use.

Asis well known, persons afflicted with diabetes The above features and the] objects and aduse insulin which they administer to themselves vantages of the invention will be pointed out in 10 by injection with a hypodermic needle. The full and become more apparent during the course treatment requires that; theskin at the area of the following detailed description of the acwhere the injectionisto be made be painted with companying drawing wherein alcohol or iodine before the injection ismade so Fig. 1 is a top plan view of a kit embodying that it is necessary to have a vial of alcohol or the invention in open position and showing the 15 iodine available whenever it is time for an insulin bottles held in upright position on their support;

treatment. It is also necessary to have available Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through one a hypodermic needle, syringe and the insulin. part of the receptacle or kit looking toward'the Furthermore, the needle must be sterile, and it is bottles and their support;

quite desirable to have an extra supply of needles. 1 Fig. 3 is a sectional View on the line 33 of 20 It is also a fact that diabetes is quite prevalent Fig, 1; among travelers who must take with them the Fig. 4 is a fragmentary top plan view similar implements and, supplies above mentioned. It to Fig. 1 showing a modified arrangement of bothas been the custom for such persons'to carry tles, syringe, container and needles; and g the syringe, needles, insulin and alcohol in a box Fig. 5 is a sectional view through one part of the 2 either padded or having clips to hold the bottles, kit when in closed position. v syringe, and needlesagainst contact with each In Fig. 1 the numerals 6 and 7 designate two other to prevent breakage. The person who must similar generally rectangular dished receptacle use the insulin must individually remove the or kit parts hinged together at 8 and onebeing bottles andsyringe from the box and set them on provided with a resilient keeper 9 to receive the 30 a pp i surface u il h has mple d th tongue 10 on the other to hold the receptacle or treatment. On trains and vehicles there is not kit closed. always available a convenient or-adequate sup- I have illustrated my invention in Fig. 1 in the porting surface on which to set the bottles and form of a plate or platform 11 of a length apit is I101? nf quent that the bottles are broken. proximately the same as the inner width of the 35 With the foregoing in mind it S the j ct. o parts 6 and '7. As shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the my inve tion not y t prov de a t o compact platform 11 has depending tubular lugs 12 which size which maybe conveniently carried even in are al ined with similar lugs 13 on the parts 6 the pocket of the user, but to also construct and a d '7 t receive the pin 14 whereby the platform arrangeas a part of thekit means for holding 1 1 and parts 6 and '7 are all hingedly connected. .40 the containers for the liquids, syringe, and needles The parts 6 and 7 carry elements designated genwithin the kit wh'en closed and when the kit is erally by the numeral 15, preferably located at u y Op d to pp the bottles and Syringe the sides of the parts. Ihave shown each element container without possibility of the bottles being s comprising an upright 1eg 16 e red t an knocked over or shaken from their Supported inner face of one of the sides of the parts of the 45 position during the administration of an insulin kit in any suitable manner, as by soldering or treatment. welding, and terminating at a horizontal upper ,Ip f y p v e foregoing an n end 17 extending slightly over a portion of the and accomplish the above mentioned results in platform 11. Obviously the elements may be connection with a box or receptacle composed formed asextensions of the sides of the parts 5 v of two parts hinged. togeth he Suppo t 6 and 7. Being rigidly connected to the parts 6 supports, for. the bottles and syringe is or are and 7, the elements 15 move therewith through mounted on the hinge and each part of the box is arcs around hinge 8. When the kit is closed they provided with an element or elements engageable occupy the position shown in Fig. 5 with the 5 5 with the support or supports at the final openends 17 above and at right angles to the plat- 5,5

form or plate 11. However, when the kit is swung open the ends 17 eventually assume the horizontal position shown in Fig. 1 and act not only to position the plate 11 in a horizontal plane but also to maintain it in such position as long as the kit is fully opened. The plate 11 is thus prevented by the elements 15 from swinging in opposite directions on the hinge.

As best shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the plate 11 has rigidly mounted thereon, holders 18, in the nature of split cups which resiliently grip the bottles 19 and syringe holder 20. I may provide a block of resilient rubber on the plate instead of the cups, and form sockets in such block to receive the bottles and implements. The syringe holder 20 may be sufiiciently long, as shown in Fig. 2, to hold both the syringe 21 and needle 22 applied to the syringe. The container 20 has a screw top 23 and may be partially filled with alcohol or other sterilizing fluid so that when the syringe and needle are removed for use the needle will be sterile. When the kit is closed the container 20 will be housed between the parts 6 and 'l and will extend, in the embodiment shown in Figs. 1 and 2, approximately to the ends of the parts 6 and '7, whereas the bottles 19 are much shorter. I may provide one of the parts of the kit with clips 24 to hold an extra bottle 25, either for the alcohol or insulin, and a container 26 for extra needles or cotton. The bottle 25 and container 26 will be above the ends of the bottles 19 and on opposite sides of the upper portion of the container 20 when the kit is closed.

In some instances it may be desirable to have a shorter kit than that illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and I have shown in Figs. 4 and 5 a modiflcation, whereby this may be obtained by providing extra holders 27, similar to holders 18 in structure but of much smaller size, on opposite sides of the bottles 19 and container 20 which is identical with the container 20 except that it is much shorter and only of suillcient length to hold the syringe without the needle applied thereto. The holders 27 are adapted to receive needle containers 28 of known type. Other than the dimension and arrangement of holders the construction and operation the complete kit shown in Figs. 4 and is identical with that shown in Figs. 1-3, that is, the plate 11 is mounted on the hinge in the same manner and is positioned and held in the same manner as described in connection with Fig. 1 by movement of the kit parts.

Obviously, the holders 18 and bottles 19 may be of various dimensions, that is, they may be made of smaller diameter than illustrated to reduce the width of the kit and under the arrangement shown in Figs. 4 and 5, the bottles 19 may be as tall as the container 20'. In fact various modifications in size and shape of the kit, support 11, and the bottles and containers may be made without departing from the invention, which, as should be obvious from the foregoing, provides an extremely simple, desirable, durable and convenient kit for persons who must carry with them the sterilizing fluids, syringe, needles and the insulin for treatment by personal application through injection.

When the keeper 9 is operated to release the tongue 10, the kit may be swung open on the hinge 8, and during opening movement of the parts 6 and 7, the movement of the support 11 and elements carried thereon is partly limited by the elements until at full open position when the parts 6 and 7 occupy a common plane and aiford a base, the support 11 is in a sub-- stantially horizontal position with all of the elements needed for the treatment conveniently exposed, arranged and supported against accidental displacement.

Thus far I have described the kits only in connection with supplies for treatment of diabetes, and although it should be obvious that the kit is well adapted to other uses, I have illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5 how the kit may be supplied for emergency use by physicians by showing a plurality of small vials 30 arranged in one of the holders l8 and a bottle of alcohol or iodine in the other holder. This provision may be made also under the arrangement shown in Fig. 1 or in modifications of the invention. The vials 30 usually contain drugs of various kinds in tablet iorm, such as morphine, antitoxins, etc., of a predetermined and sufficient amount to enable the physician to quickly mix and administer the necessary injection in case of emergency, as it often happens that accidents involve many persons and a physician arriving on the scene is called upon to make many injections. with my device, he could readily mix the solution with the distilled water contained in the small vials for each application, and, 01' course, the vials as well as the iodine or alcohol would be supported and exposed for use in the manner above described.

It will also be seen that the elements 15 also constitute obstacle means limiting the relative amount. of opening movement 0! the parts6and7 on their hinge connection, as when the ends 17 contact opposite sides of the plate 11 the parts 8 and '7 are prevented from having further opening movement, and I prefer to so construct and arrange the parts and position the elements 15 that the parts 6 and l are prevented from further opening movement when substantially in a common plane, which, of course, will be substantially parallel to the plane of the plate 11.

I propose to use the same case for a urinalysis test outfit also required by every diabetic patient and which he is taught to do ior himseli. It consists merely, in the place 0! the vials as above, one bottle containing benedict solution, two test tubes, a test tube holder, and a small bottle or cup to hold the specimen. Also a little cigar lighter arrangement over which the test tube with the specimen is heated.

I claim:

1. A pocket kit 0! the character described comprising two case members having a hinge connection therebetween, arranged to swing apart in opening the, kit, a plate attached to said hinge connection within the case, means on said plate for holding a container, and means on said case members engageablev with said plate during opening movement of said members to move the plate into horizontal position and at complete open position of said members to rigidly maintain the plate in said position against movement on said hinge connection, said means being movable away irom and out oi engagement with the plate as the case is closed.

2. A kit of the character described comprising two case members having a hinge connection therebetween, arranged to swing apart in opening the kit, a support attached to said hinge within the case and extending on opposite sides of the axis of the hinge, means on said support to receive and hold a container, and means on the ease members adjacent opposite sides of the support and engageable with the top of the support at full open position of the case members to rigidly hold the support and container supported thereon in vertical position for use.

3. A pocket kit of the character described comprising two case members having a hinge connection therebetween, arranged to swing apart in opening the kit, a plate mounted on the hinge connection within the case, means on said plate to receive and hold a container, said plate extending across and beyond the axis of the hinge and corresponding in dimension substantially to the inner cross sectional dimensions oi? the kit, and obstacle means carried by the case members and engageable with the plate during opening movement of said members to limit the relative opening movement of said members and at full open position of said members to rigidly maintain the plate against movement on said hinge connection and in horizontal position, said means being movable away from and out of engagement with the plate as the case is closed,

and said plate being held against movement by the walls of the case when the case is closed.

4. A kit for medicinal uses comprising two case members having a hinge connection therebetween, arranged to swing apart in opening the kit, a plate attached to said hinge connection within the case and having cups to receive containers for medicinal elements, and lugs on each of said members engageable with the plate at a predetermined relative opening position of the members to limit the relative opening movement of said members and to maintain the plate at full open position of said members in a plane substantially parallel with the plane of said members at said open position whereby said members and plate rigidly support the containers in upright position, said means being movable away from and out of engagement with the plate as the case is closed, and said plate being held against movement by the walls of the case when 20 the case is closed.

SUNDEL DONIGER. 

